Drawer-guide.



PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

L. H. WALKER.

DRAWER GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED mums, 1907.

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LAWRENCE H. WALKER, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE SHAW WALKER-COMPANY, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

DRAWER-GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed March 23, 1907 Serial NO 3641012- I To' all whom itmay concern:

Beit known that l, LAWRENCE H. .VVALKER, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Muskegon, in the county of Muskegon and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDrawer-Guides; and I do hereb declare the following to be'a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in drawer guides 21' d its objectis to provide a strong and easily operated device, to provide forreadily detaching the drawer from the guides, and to provide the samewith various'new and useful features hereinafter 1 more fully describedand particularly pointed guides for the drawers of vertical filingcabiout in the claims.

My invention relates more particularly to :the drawer and traversing theside grooves the figures.

of the ways, and in various features of construction and arrangement aswill more fully appear by reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1. is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention showingthe drawer vi'ullv extended from the case; Fig. 2. a longitudinalvertical section of the case with the drawer shown in broken lineswithin the same and the other parts in position as when the draweriswithin the case; Fig. 3. a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.;Fig. 4. the. same on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.; Fig. 5. a perspectivedetail of one of the slides; and Fig. 6. a detail in plan view of one ofthe slide supporting roll Like numbers refer to like parts in all of 1represents a case and 2 a drawer to fit within the same, ,these being ofany convenient dimensions and construction, those shown being adaptedfor a vertical filing ease. At each side of the drawer and supportingthe front of the same are slides 3 longitudinally movable between thedrawer and the case and adapted to extend to about the middle of thedrawer when both are drawn out from the case. These slides 3 at the rearend are vertically extended to the under side of the ways and to leave as ace between the narrower front portions 0 the slides and the ways toaccommodate the supporting wheels 6 on the respective sides of thedrawer and near the .iniddle thereof. These wheels 6 traverse the upperedge of the narrow portion of the slides and support the front of thedrawer. The wheels 6 are also mounted in casings 7 securedto the sidesof the drawer and having downwardly extended outer sides 7*, which"engage and traverse outer sides of the slides within the rabbe'ts 8.Above the slides and fixed in the case are ways 4 each having a groove12 in the under edge traversed by a wheel 10 jour naled in the rearupper corner of the slide 3, which wheel serves to guide and hold downthe inner end of the slide and also to stop the same in its outwardmovement by contact with the outer end of the groove as at 12, whichgroove terminates at a proper point to limit this outward movement oftheslide, so that the drawer will stop with its inner end slightly withinthe case. In the inner sides of the'ways 4 are other grooves 11 in whichand traversing the same are wheels 5 journaled on the sides and near therear end of the drawer, and supporting the same.

On the outer end of each slide 3 is a stop 13 preferably of elasticmaterial to limit the out ard traversing of the wheel 6 by engagement ofthis stop with the case 7.

14 is'an elastic buffer on the end of the slide, which engages the frontof the drawer lien the same is moved inward and 15 a similar bufl'er onthe rear of each slide to engage the back of the case. These elasticstops and buiiers thus prevent noise and shock when the device isoperated. port the slides 3 nd permit the same to move freely, rolls areprovided in the bottom of the case at the front thereof and beneath theslides, which rolls are located in recesses in the bottom of the easeand journaled on a rod 17 inserted in a transverse groove 16 in thecase. Thewheels 6 on the sides of thedrawer being located near themiddle thereofcarry the greater portion of the load and the heels 5serve to carry the remainder and support the rear end of the drawer. 'Toremove the drawer from the The drawler can be readily replaced by areverse operation. To detach the slides after the drawer has beenremoved, it is only 'necessaryto move the lower edges of the from thegrooves 12 in-the ways 4.

the drawer near the rear thereof I ing the grooves in the ways. g

4. The combination olia case, ways fixed same inward until the wheels 10are removed What I claim is:

1. The combination of a case, ways fixed on the sides of the case,slides longitudinally movable between the ways and the bottom of thecase and guided thereby, a drawer movably supported near the middle bythe slides, and means for movably supporting the rear end of the drawerupon the ways.

2. The combination of a case, ways fixed" on the sides of the case andhaving grooves in their lower edges, slides longitudinally ,m ovablebeneath the ways, wheels journaled near'the rear upper corners of theslides and traversing the grooves, a drawer movably supported near themiddle by the slides, and means for movably supporting the rear end ofthe drawer on the ways.

3. The combination of a case, ways fixed on the sides of the case andhaving grooves in their inner sides, slides longitudinallymovablebetween the ways and the bottom of the case and guided thereby, adrawer movably supported near the middle on the slides, and wheelsjournaled on the sides of and traverson the sides of the case and havinggrooves in their lower edgesjand grooves in their inner sides, slideslongitudinally movable beneath the ways, wheels journ'aled on the rearends of the slides and traversing the grooves in the loweredges of theways, a drawer, wheels on the sides of the drawer near the middlethereof and traversing the upper edges of the slides, and wheels on thesides of the drawer near the rear thereof and traversing the grooves .inthe inner sides of theways.

5. The combination of a case, ways fixed rooves on the sides of the caseand having in their lower ed es andgrooves in their inner sides, slideslongitudinally movable beneath the ways and having vertically reducedforward ends, wheels journaled on the rear ends of the slides andtraversing the grooves in the under edges of the Ways,'a

. drawer, wheels on the sides of the drawer and traversing the groovesin the inner sides of the ways, wheels on the sides of the'drawertravtended outer sides erases v ersing the upper edges of the forwardends of the slides, and casings for the last named wheels, said casingshaving downwardly proectmg outer sides slidably engaging the outer sidesof the slides.

6. The combination of a case, ways fixed movable between the ways andthe bottom of the case and'guided thereby, said slides having verticallyreduced forward portions provided with rabbeted outer sides,. a drawer,wheels on the sides of the drawer near the middle thereof and traversingthe upper edge of the forward part of the slides, casings for saidwheels, said casings having downwardly projecting outer sides extendv onthe sides of the case, slides longitudinally ing into and traversing therabbets in the I slides, stops on the ends of the slides to engage thecasings, and means for movably supporting and guiding the rear of thedrawer by means of the ways.

7. The combination of a case, ways fixed on the sides of; the case andhaving grooves in the rear portion of their lower edges only,

and grooves in their inner sides open at the front end, slideslongitudinally movable beneath the ways, wheels journaled'on the rearends of the slides and traversing the grooves in the lower edges of theways and stopped. by the front ends of said grooves, a drawer movablysupported upon the front ends of the slides, and wheels journaled on thesides of the drawer near the rear thereof and traversing the grooves inthe inner sides of the ways and freely removable from the front endstherebf.

8. The combination of a case, a drawer in the case, ways fixed on thesides of the case,

and having grooves in their lower edges and also having grooves in theirinner sides, the

v edge grooves terminating at a distance from the front and extendingrearward and the side grooves open at the front, slides beneath the waysand having verticallyreduced and rabbeted forward ends, wheels journaledon the slides and traversingthe grooves in the lower edges of the wayswheels on the drawer and traversing the grooves in the sides ofthe ways,wheels on the drawer and traversing the reduced upperedgesof'the forwardends of the slides, and cases for the last named wheels havingddwnwardly eX- the slides.

In .testim'ony-whereofi I afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

I LAWRENCE H. WALKER. Witnesses:

CHARLES B. VAN DYKE,

H. H. MoNrrr.

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